The ACP Women Cup Rapid is taking place in Tbilisi, Georgia, from February
17th to 21st February, 2012. Top seeds are Anna Muzychuk (2580), Kateryna Lahno
(2557) and Nadezhda (2537) and Tatiana Kosintseva (2513), Nana Dzagnidze (2535)
and former women's world champion Maia Chiburdanidze (2500). The event is a
twelve player all-play-all. The official website and Playchess are providing
live broadcast of the games, the former has in addition streaming video, interviews
and live commentary by Mark Dvoretsky.
The event carries a prize fund of US $40,000, of which $10,000 goes to the
winner. It is sponsored by SOCAR Energy
Georgia, and organised by the Association
of Chess Professionals (ACP) and the Georgian
Chess Federation.
Schedule
| February 17 |
Arrival, Opening Ceremony |
20:00 |
| February 18 |
1st Round |
15:00 |
| February 18 |
2nd Round |
16:30 |
| February 19 |
3rd Round |
15:00 |
| February 19 |
4th Round |
16:30 |
| February 19 |
5th Round |
18:00 |
| February 20 |
6th Round |
15:00 |
| February 20 |
7th Round |
16:30 |
| February 20 |
8th Round |
18:00 |
| February 21 |
9th Round |
14:00 |
| February 21 |
10th Round |
15:30 |
| February 21 |
11th Round |
17:00 |
| February 21 |
Tie-break |
18:00 |
| February 21 |
Closing Ceremony |
20:00 |
| February 22 |
Departure |
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On the first day, in the two rounds played, only one game ended in a draw –
and even that was a 103-move battle, in which Nana Dzagnidze missed a forced
mate on move 69 and then fought on for 28 moves, trying to trick her opponent,
Nadezhda Kosingseva in a drawn rook plus knight vs rook ending. All this is
a testimony to the fighting spirit in these women's events.
Anna Muzychuk, Katerina Lahno, Pia Cramling and Maia Chiburdanidze won both
games in the first round and lead with the maximum 2:0 points.
Round one
| GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
½-½ |
GM |
Dzagnidze Nana |
GM |
Muzychuk Anna |
1-0 |
IM |
Zatonskih Anna |
WGM |
Mamedjarova Zeinab |
0-1 |
GM |
Chiburdanidze Maia |
GM |
Cmilyte Viktorija |
0-1 |
GM |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna |
1-0 |
GM |
Kosteniuk Alexandra |
GM |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
0-1 |
GM |
Cramling Pia |
Round two
| GM |
Dzagnidze Nana |
0-1 |
GM |
Cramling Pia |
GM |
Kosteniuk Alexandra |
1-0 |
GM |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
GM |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
0-1 |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna |
GM |
Chiburdanidze Maia |
1-0 |
GM |
Cmilyte Viktorija |
IM |
Zatonskih Anna |
1-0 |
WGM |
Mamedjarova Zeinab |
GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
0-1 |
GM |
Muzychuk Anna |
Picture gallery
From the opening ceremony
Drawing of lots – second seed GM Kateryna Lahno gets the number five
slot
The playing hall with the round one games under way
Viktorija Cmilyte losing to Antoaneta Stefanova with white in round one
Tatiana Kosintseva vs Pia Cramling, who has won her first two games with black
Round two with Pia Cramling beating Nana Dzagnidze with the black pieces
GM Tatiana Kosintseva with two losses in the first two rounds
Sister Nadezhda scored a draw and a loss so far
Former women's world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk with a loss and a win so far
Former women's world champion Maia Chiburdanidze has won the first two games
So has top seed GM Anna Muyzchuk (here in her game against Anna Zatonskih)
Photos from the official web site
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